diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index e283292a..d5c4514f 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ ignored-modules=icu,datrie
 # closing added here because it sometimes triggers a false positive with
 # 'with' statements.
 ignored-classes=NominatimArgs,closing
-disable=too-few-public-methods,duplicate-code
+# 'too-many-ancestors' is triggered already by deriving from UserDict
+disable=too-few-public-methods,duplicate-code,too-many-ancestors
 
 good-names=i,x,y,fd,db